No Impact Workshops - A Green Week Houston Event October 11, 2010

Locations options for Monday – Thursday are:

• Kirksey (6909 Portwest Dr.)
• Taft Street Café (2115 Taft Street)
• The Earth Sanctuary (13424B Briar Forest Dr.)
• Indus Valley (2463 Bill Smith Rd, Conroe, TX)
• One Green Street (5160 Buffalo Speedway)
• Talento Bilingue de Houston – Workshop in Spanish (333 S. Jensen Dr.)
*The workshop from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15 will only take place at Caroline Collective (4820 Caroline St.), where No Impact Man himself, Colin Beavan, will speak on “Taking Action, Giving Back.” Houston Green Scene mixer, which raises funds for Green Week Houston, to immediately follow.
Free evening workshops will be held throughout the weeks at various locations on the No Impact topics of:
o Monday Topic Consumption/Trash
o Tuesday Topic Transportation
o Wednesday Topic Food
o Thursday Topic Energy/Water
o Friday Topic Take Action

Registration is strongly encouraged because space is limited. To register, go to www.noimpactproject.org/greenweek.

The activities are inspired by the film, “No Impact Man.” In the film, New Yorker Colin Beavan and his family try to live a year of no environmental impact by phasing out certain luxuries of modern-day life. The No Impact workshops are geared towards adults who want to experience the carbon cleanse similar to the Beavan family’s, but on a smaller scale.

Locally, this event is hosted by Houston Green Scene, Emerging Professionals of the U.S. Green Building Council Texas Gulf Coast Chapter and Last Organic Outpost. Community sponsor is Houston Advanced Research Center, Communications Sponsor is Magnolia Sky Communications and Media Sponsor is Going Green with Yolanda Green Show of KIAH.

Official Website: http://www.greenweekhouston.org